Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
John Legend
Vocals
The Roots
Performer
Common
Vocals
Melanie Fiona
Vocals
Jessyca Wilson
Background Vocals
Ashley Simpson
Background Vocals
Matia Washington
Background Vocals
Lenesha Randolph
Background Vocals
Lacey Jones
Background Vocals
Denise Powell
Background Vocals
Natalie Curtis
Background Vocals
Tamika Smith
Background Vocals
Linwood Smith, Jr.
Background Vocals
Timiney Figueroa
Background Vocals
Randy Bowland
Guitar
Ahmir Thompson
Drums
Owen Biddle
Bass
Larry Gold
String Conductor
Emma Kummrow
Violin
Igor Szwec
Violin
Olga Konopelsky
Violin
Charles Parker
Violin
Gregory Teperman
Violin
Michelle Bishop
Violin
Davis Barnett
Viola
Ruth Frazier
Viola
Jennie Lorenzo
Cello
Norelle
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Victor Carstarphen
Composer
John Whitehead
Composer
Gene McFadden
Composer
Larry Gold
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
John Legend
Producer
Questlove
Producer
James Poyser
Producer
Jon Smeltz
Recording Engineer
Nick Banns
Recording Engineer
Bojan Dugic
Recording Engineer
Derik Lee
Assistant Engineer
Alex Venguer
Recording Engineer
Michael Ilbert
Recording Engineer
Joe Peluso
Recording Engineer
Dustin Capulong
Assistant Engineer
Jimmy Douglass
Mixing Engineer
Maki Suzuki
Assistant Engineer
Darren Moore
Assistant Engineer
Dave Kutch
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
Wake Up Everybody (feat The Roots)
John Legend
Wake up everybody
No more sleepin' in bed
No more backward thinkin'
Time for thinkin' ahead
The world has changed
So very much
From what it used to be
There is so much hatred
War and poverty, whoa, oh
Wake up, all the teachers
Time to teach a new way
Maybe then they'll listen
To what'cha have to say
'Cause they're the ones who's coming up
And the world is in their hands
When you teach the children
Teach 'em the very best you can
The world won't get no better
If we just let it be
The world won't get no better
We gotta change it, yeah
Just you and me
Wake up, all the doctors
Make the old people well
They're the ones who suffer
And who catch all the hell
But they don't have so very long
Before their Judgment Day
So wont'cha make them happy
Before they pass away
Wake up, all the builders
Time to build a new land
I know we can do it
If we all lend a hand
The only thing we have to do
Is put it in our minds
Surely things will work out
'Cause they do every time
The world won't get no better
If we just let it be
The world won't get no better
We gotta change it, yeah
Just you and me
It's the god hour
In the morning I wake up
Just for the breath of life I thank my maker
My mom say I come from hustlers and shakers
My mind builded on skyscrapers and acres You say you'll take us back to where we belong
I try to write a song as sweet as the Psalms
Though I am the type to bear arms and wear my heart on my sleeve
Even when I fell in God I believed
We the days at
Weave through the maze and the season so amazing
Feed them and raise them
Seasons are Asian
Earthquakes, wars and rumours
I want us to get by
But we more than consumers
We more than shooters
We more than looters
Created in his image
So God live through us
And even in this generation livin' through computers
Only Love, Love, Love can reboot us
Come on
Wake up, everybody
Wake up, everybody
Need a little help, y'all
Yes I do, need a little help
Need a little help, y'all ay
Wake up everybody
Wake up everybody
Wake up everybody
Writer(s): Victor Carstarphen, John Whitehead, Gene Mcfadden
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